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Boston police have scheduled a termination hearing for a police officer suspended for using a racial slur to describe black Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Islamic authorities in Malaysia charged a popular Muslim scholar Wednesday with delivering an illegal lecture in what critics considered an attempt by conservative clerics to silence a leading moderate preacher.
North Korea is a mysterious place for most Americans. Even senior U.S. diplomats rarely set foot there, let alone meet top North Korean officials face to face.
A white police sergeant whose arrest of a black Harvard professor ignited a national furor over race relations was twice before accused of racial bias, but cleared in both cases, according to internal affairs files released Wednesday.
The success of President Barack Obama's ambitious agenda — from health care and climate change to education — could depend on how quickly he recovers from the sharp drop in support among white voters after criticizing a white policeman's arrest of a black Harvard scholar.
President Barack Obama's approval rating among white Americans has fallen as they have watched him wade into the racially tinged dispute between a white Cambridge, Mass., police officer and a well-known black Harvard scholar, according to a poll released Thursday.
Americans are more likely to disapprove than approve of how President Barack Obama has dealt with the racially tinged dispute between a white Cambridge, Mass., police officer and a well-known black Harvard scholar — with white voters especially likely to take a negative view, according to a poll released Thursday.
A Boston police officer suspended for using a racial slur to describe black Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. claims in a federal lawsuit that his civil rights have been violated.
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell was mildly critical Tuesday of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., whose angry response to a Cambridge, Mass., police officer touched off a national debate involving President Barack Obama.
An unofficial transcript compiled by The Associated Press from 911 audio released by Cambridge, Mass., police on Monday of the July 16 call that preceded the arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr.
The woman who dialed 911 to report a possible break-in at the home of black Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. said Wednesday she was wrongly labeled a racist based on assumptions about her and words she never said and hoped the recently released recording of the call would put the controversy to rest.
The chief White House spokesman said a Thursday meeting of the president, a Harvard University scholar and the policeman who arrested him will be "about having a beer and de-escalation."
Henry Louis Gates Jr. felt the hairs on the back of his neck stand up as he looked across the threshold of his home at Sgt. James Crowley. Looking back at Gates, Crowley worried about making it home safely to his wife and three children.
Black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. says he will accept President Barack Obama's invitation to visit him at the White House along with the white police officer who arrested the Harvard professor.
Knocked off stride by a racial uproar he helped stoke, President Barack Obama hastened Friday to tamp down the controversy. Obama, who had said Cambridge, Mass., police "acted stupidly" in arresting black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr., declared the white arresting officer was a good man and invited him and the professor to the White House for a beer.
Trying to tamp down a national uproar over race, President Barack Obama acknowledged Friday he had used unfortunate words in declaring that Cambridge, Mass., police "acted stupidly" in arresting black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. "I could've calibrated those words differently," he said.
The black scholar and the white police sergeant who arrested him agreed to disagree and promised to talk again, a gracious conclusion to the first round of an eye-opening dialogue on race that allows President Barack Obama to get back to selling his health care plan to skeptical Americans.
A black police officer who was at Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s home when the black Harvard scholar was arrested says he fully supports how his white fellow officer handled the situation.
Supporters say the white policeman who arrested renowned black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. in his home is a principled police officer and family man who is being unfairly described as racist.
Many police officers across the country have a message for President Barack Obama: Get all the facts before criticizing one of our own. Obama's public criticism that Cambridge officers "acted stupidly" when they arrested black Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. could make it harder for police to work with people of color, some officers said Thursday.
The second Cambridge, Mass., police officer who was inside the home of renowned black scholar Henry Louise Gates Jr. during his arrest says he and the arresting officer "followed protocols."
President Barack Obama said Wednesday that police acted "stupidly" in the arrest of prominent black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. and that despite racial progress blacks and Hispanics are still singled out unfairly for arrest.
Black Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. says he's ready to move on from his arrest by a white police officer, hoping to use the encounter to improve fairness in the criminal justice system and saying "in the end, this is not about me at all."
It took less than a day for the arrest of Henry Louis Gates to become racial lore. When one of America's most prominent black intellectuals winds up in handcuffs, it's not just another episode of profiling — it's a signpost on the nation's bumpy road to equality.
Prosecutors dropped a disorderly conduct charge Tuesday against prominent black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr., who was arrested by a white officer at his home near Harvard University after a report of a break-in.
Mr. Justice Green?Green is just the Jesus-baseball-and-Thomas-Jefferson sort of candidate who appeals to an electorate in a Tea-sipping mood, so his victory — by however small a margin — wasn't a huge jolt to the legal community, long used to the sway of external factors on down-ballot judicia …
Retired Professor with 22 MAs, 5 PhDs, 3 D.Lits seeks 31st degreeMeet R.K. Rai, a scholar extraordinary. Over the years he has acquired MA degrees in 22 subjects, five PhDs and three D.Lits. But at the age of 65, he wants more. Rai is a retired professor and resident of Uttar Pradesh's Ghazipur district, some 280 km from Lucknow.
On Scholar Gates Arrest: "Ain't nothing post-racial about the United States of America."It took less than a day for the arrest of Henry Louis Gates to become racial lore. When one of America's most prominent black intellectuals winds up in handcuffs, it's not just another episode of profiling — it's a signpost on the nation's bumpy road to equality.
Black Harvard Scholar's Arrest Raises Racial Profiling QuestionsPolice responding to a call about "two black males" breaking into a home near Harvard University ended up arresting the man who lives there — Henry Louis Gates Jr., the nation's pre-eminent black scholar.
Restore the Noble Purpose of LibrariesA librarian expresses concern over the absence of quiet places to read in libraries and over the decline in "browsing the stacks."
Anatomy Lesson: Natural History Museum Fulfills a Scholar's Dying WishDiane Horton had last seen her late husband two days after his death in 2002, so when they were reunited at the Smithsonian's Museum of Natural History a few weeks ago she asked for a few private minutes with him.
Selling the Humanities During Economic CrisisOne idea that elite universities like Yale, sprawling public systems like Wisconsin and smaller private colleges like Lewis and Clark have shared for generations is that a traditional liberal arts education is, by definition, not intended to prepare students for a specific vocati …
Islamic Theologian's Theory: It's Likely the Prophet Muhammad Never ExistedMuhammad Sven Kalisch, a Muslim convert and Germany's first professor of Islamic theology, fasts during the Muslim holy month, doesn't like to shake hands with Muslim women and has spent years studying Islamic scripture. Islam, he says, guides his life.
Should we scrap science news?there's over a million scientific papers published every year. If that's right, there must be something in the region of 20,000 published a week. Even if physics accounts for only a small fraction of the sciences, that still means we're looking at several hundred every day...
U.S. cancels Fulbright grants to Palestinian scholars - International Herald TribuneThe State Department has withdrawn all Fulbright grants to Palestinian students in Gaza hoping to pursue advanced degrees at American institutions this fall because Israel has not granted permission for the students to leave Gaza.
Dancing to Our Own TunesIt started with a clip on YouTube of the prominent Saudi religious scholar, Sheikh Abdul Mohsen Al-Obaikan, dancing Ardah, a traditional Saudi dance with swords. A flood of comments followed.
Eve Maria Carson, 22, was a senior and the student body president at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Banning Wikipedia at School: Good Idea or Missed Opportunity?Banning, though, is very much alive, and Wikipedia knows about it too, but for different reasons.
FauxNooze Modifies Al Franken's Wiki Entry...oh... bloody typical. if the TRUTH isn't "Truthy" enough... *sigh* BlueBerry Pick'n can be found @ ThisCanadian.com "Silent Freedom is Freedom Silenced"
Iran accuses New School scholar of spyingThree Iranian-Americans, one of them a New York based scholar, have been charged with endangering national security and espionage, Iran's judiciary spokesman said Tuesday.
Historian Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. Dies at 89Author of more than 20 books and winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, Schlesinger helped define and defend mainstream liberalism during the Cold War and beyond.
Tibet wasn't ours, says Chinese scholar Bet this guy is gonna do some serious time, or at the very least find his academic career hits a wall. A Great Wall.
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